Tennessee: State gets $12.1 million for unemployed workers.

@michaelluo NYT's Leonhardt observes 17.5% unemployed or underemployed is highest since Great Depression http://bit.ly/3GRCLJ

@markknoller WH fears unemployment rate has not topped out at 10.2%. Gibbs says "more likely than not" it'll get a little worse before it gets better.

@stevebruskCNN Obama says he has signed bill to extend unemployment benefits, says will help more than one million people

@Kelly_Evans They changed payrolls to reporting # not % (diff than unemp figure) RT @WendyNorris Is '83 when Reagan changed how unemployed were counted?

@MickiMaynard RT @kensweet: "Total unemployment" rate, which includes marginally attached workers and invol part-time workers, now stands at 17.5%.

@markknoller Labor Dept pegs total number of unemployed Americans at 15.7 million.

@jonesdel Best place to look for a #job: Wasington D.C. 2 unemployed per advertised job; Detroit 22; (source juju.com)

@shirleybrady RT @JohnAByrne Read it first on BusinessWeek.com: Wall Street gets Swine Flu Vaccine http://is.gd/4O3xR Great scoop by BW's Esmé Deprez

@JohnWaggoner In 2008, 78.0 mil. workers worked for an employer that didn't have a retirement plan and 94.1 mil. workers didn't participate in a plan.

@JohnWaggoner Among full-time, full-year wage and salary workers 21–64 , just under 63% worked for an employer or union that sponsors a plan, EBRI says.